The number of autopsies performed through the Lenawee County Medical Examiner’s Office declined last year after a record number in 2012.

There were 88 autopsies last year, according to reports from the medical examiner’s office. The previous year there was a 36 percent increase to a record of 95 autopsies. The number of deaths caused by trauma declined from 31 to 27 last year. The number of death cases handled by the medical examiner increased, however, from 145 in 2012 to 155 last year.